Senior Forensic Engineer
The Vertex Companies LLC
Salary
💰 $80,461 - $132,761 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead and perform geotechnical engineering analyses for water management projects, including levees, dams, floodwalls, and hydraulic structures
- Perform seepage, slope stability, settlement, liquefaction, deformation, foundation, and static and seismic stability analyses and prepare technical reports
- Prepare geotechnical recommendations to support design drawings, specifications, and reports
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary Water Management team (Civil, Structural, Geotechnical) to develop innovative designs
- Evaluate instrumentation system data at levees, spillways, outlet works, and slopes
- Plan and coordinate geotechnical field investigations and laboratory testing programs
- Review boring logs and laboratory data
- Prepare design/bid packages for permitting and construction; coordinate and oversee construction administration and inspection services
- Work on projects of varying size under guidance of senior engineers and communicate technical information to clients
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering, or related field (required)
- Minimum 5 years of geotechnical experience (required)
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain Arkansas PE license within 3 months (required)
- Progressive experience in slope stability, seepage and foundation analyses
- Experience in geotechnical analyses for levees, dams, cofferdams, and foundations for hydraulic structures
- Expertise in seepage, static and seismic stability analysis, liquefaction analysis, deformation analysis, and foundation and settlement analysis
- Preferred: Master’s degree in Civil Engineering
- Preferred: Minimum 8 years of geotechnical experience
- Preferred: Experience managing project teams and collaborating with other technical disciplines
- Preferred: Proficiency with gINT, SEEPW, SLOPEW, CWALSHT, PYWall, LPILE, and GROUP
- Ability to plan and coordinate geotechnical field investigations, review boring logs and laboratory data
- Experience evaluating instrumentation system data at levees, spillways, outlet works, and slopes
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to travel to project sites for site visits, client meetings, safety audits, construction oversight, etc.
